Semi-Retirement Made Earlier and Easier

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One of the questions most people have about retirement is “How much is enough for retirement?” For the average Singaporean, becoming a millionaire is like a dream come true. It helps to explain the snaking queues during those Hong Bao…

Over the past few weeks, as preparation for an upcoming talk, I have been gobbling up literature regarding housing affordability in Singapore. And almost everything I have read so far ponder over the situation of a married couple. But what…

In an alternate universe, I could easily be working as an employee in a tuition centre like “Learning Champs”, drawing a salary and receiving employee benefits. And imagine if such a scenario played out on me: Learning Champs is running…

A few days ago, Workers’ Party released a consultation paper regarding a Redundancy Insurance scheme and I read it with huge interest. With calls for more social safety nets in Singapore in recent years, sacred cows have been slaughtered and…

Why Am I Analysing Jobs? Two reasons. Firstly, as a budding self-employed, there’s always a nagging fear (albeit small) that one day, my customers and work might dry up. Dwindling tuition or writing assignments until the day I become obsolete…

For most people, financial freedom can only be achieved after a few decades of ploughing hard at a job. If the expenses are controlled well and the remainder is invested prudently during the working years, one could possibly look forward…

Photo Source: NTUC This Week A few weeks ago, I actually spent many hours piecing together a super long article (close to 2,000 words) regarding poverty in Singapore. Since it was already an essay in itself filled with many hyperlinks,…

I was quite surprised to see this piece of news about a week ago regarding MOE revamping the Social Studies syllabus and including recent hot-button issues like the NIMBY (Not In My Backyard) syndrome and poverty in Singapore. I mentioned the…

In case you’re REALLY wondering if this is my next move to a 15 hour work week, let’s just say that right now, my plans of becoming both a freelance writer and full-time private tutor are chugging along nicely. Recently, I…

Assuming the location is the same, and if given a choice, I would think that almost everyone would prefer to buy a brand new house as compared to a resale one. That’s probably why in the free private housing market, newly…